London: Printed by Edward Owen, 1756. 64pp. Modern half morocco over linen boards, spine gilt. Contemporary manuscript annotation on titlepage. Titlepage lightly stained and dusty, internally clean and crisp. A very good copy. A restatement of Britain's claims in the dispute over Nova Scotia and the area south of the... More

Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1841. 12,8pp. Dbd. Foremargin trimmed a bit close, barely shaving a few words on three leaves. Adams adds his opinion to a complicated and celebrated case of international law which resulted from the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. According to McDade, "In 1837 an attempted... More

Washington. 1904. Titlepage plus thirty-seven maps. Folio. Original cloth, gilt title on front cover. Very good. This atlas contains maps detailing the British case in the arbitration with the United States over the Alaskan boundary. Many of the maps are earlier historically important works by Vancouver, Bouchette, Arrowsmith, Langsdorff, etc.... More

Dawson, Yukon Territory: American Journal of Industry, 1901. 60(of 72)pp. Oblong quarto. Stapled; wrappers and final six leaves absent. Small tears, chips, and stains in lower and outer margins of a few leaves, not affecting text. Outer leaves a bit soiled; verso of terminal leaf scuffed, with loss to a.... More

London. 1779. [2],400,[6]pp. Antique style calf and marbled boards, very good. The REMEMBRANCER, for the year 1778 and part of 1779, containing much material on the American Revolution. Almon, a British publisher, was the primary source for British publications concerning American political and military affairs throughout the Revolution. In this... More

New York. [ 1815]. 166pp., including in-text illustrations, lacking leaf with pp.95-96. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original cloth-backed printed paper boards. Boards soiled, rubbed, and scuffed; worn around the edges. Text tanned and foxed. Lacking the leaf with pages 95-96, which was apparently never bound into this copy, else good. An expanded... More

Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1941. 656pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements, plus two large folding maps. Printed stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and faded, a note in ink on the front wrapper. One leaf detached. Very good. Descriptions and points of interest for fourteen Northeastern states, the District of... More

[Np. nd, ca. 1840s]. Folding map, 14 3/4 x 13 inches. Colored in blue and red. Split along one fold, expertly repaired, backed by tissue. Very good. Archival matting, and protected with Mylar sheet. A map of the United States showing the area east of the Rocky Mountains and including... More

[Np, but probably Holland. nd, but 17th century, after 1664]. Engraving, 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Old crease mark across lower left corner, closely trimmed at upper left margin of print. Remnant of tape in upper right corner. A good copy. A fine engraving of an American Indian family consisting... More

[London or Augsburg. 1775-1778]. Eight mezzotints. Each uniformly matted. In a black half morocco box. Public curiosity for prints of Revolutionary heroes was not limited to America but spread to the English and European print shops, where an inquisitive audience clamored for a glimpse of the key figures of the... More

[London. 1778]. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine, untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the house of Commons. In 1660, during the reign of Charles... More

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1908. Two volumes. xiii,[1],335,[1]; ix,[1],397pp., plus frontispieces and two color folding maps. Original cloth, stamped in gilt. Light chipping at head of spine on first volume. Modern address label on front fly leaves. Light foxing to preliminaries, internally clean. Very good. First American edition..... More

Victoria. 1872. [4],112,[2],xlii pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and chipping, short tear to front wrapper, top corner bumped. Internally clean. Good. A rare appraisal of British Columbia from an important officer of the Hudson's Bay Company. "This is a straightforward and useful account of British Columbia as it... More

Montreal: DeMontigny & Company, 1858. 22pp. Original printed yellow wrappers. Light dampstaining to upper corner of wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. Address given at the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition by the editor of THE CANADIAN FARMERS' JOURNAL, extolling the virtues of an agricultural life. Only seven copies in OCLC.More

Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida... More

London. 1744. [4],716,[16]pp. Antique-style calf, spine gilt, leather label. A few minor ink notations, closed tear to one leaf. Very good. The 1744 annual volume for Samuel Johnson's famous periodical. Includes two items of Arctic interest: a publication notice for Arthur Dobbs' ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJOINING TO HUDSON'S BAY... More

Oxford. 1960. Twenty-two individually paginated works, some with photographic plates. Original tan cloth, spine gilt. An omnibus volume published by the Oxford University Press, collecting offprints or extracts of twenty-two pamphlets or articles related to an expedition undertaken by the Oxford University Exploration Club. The works were written by participants... More

San Francisco, Anchorage, and other ports, but mostly at sea, such as Point Barrow, Franklin Bay, and more. 1909-1911. Three volumes. [2],60; 34; 42pp. Quarto. Matching printed canvas, calf corners. Bindings shaken, some staining. Some hinges split but holding, mild dampstaining, commensurate with items used regularly on whaling ships. Good... More